N.C. State adds Beverly to basketball team

RALEIGH — Guard Braxton Beverly signed a financial aid agreement to play men's basketball for North Carolina State, the school announced Friday.

He was released from his scholarship at Ohio State about a month ago after the coaching change from Thad Matta to Chris Holtmann.

Beverly, a 6-foot player, most recently played at Hargrave Military Academy under then-coach A.W. Hamilton, who's now an N.C. State assistant.

Beverly spent the last two seasons at Hargrave playing for the post-graduate team. He was a two-year captain for the Tigers as they posted a 90-3 record across his two seasons. He averaged 20.1 points, 6.4 assists and 2.2 steals in his first season at Hargrave. In his final season with the Tigers, Beverly helped the team to a 43-2 record.

In February 2016, he scored 70 points in a game against Genesis Academy.

“Braxton can really stretch the floor with his shooting ability and is tremendous coming off ball screens." N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts said in a statement. "He's been at one of the premier prep schools in the country for the last two years, and will be an asset both on and off the floor for us here at NC State.”

Before Hargrave, he played for Perry County Central High School in his hometown of Hazard, Ky.